James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (8 January 1871-24 November 1940) was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 7 June 1921 to 24 November 1940, preceding J.M. Andrews.

Biography
James Craig was born in Tyrella, County Down, Ireland on 8 January 1871 to a Protestant Ulster Scots family. Craig was educated at Merhciston, Edinburgh. He was the Irish Unionist Alliance MP for Down East from 1906 to 1918, when he campaigned against home rule for Ireland. He became the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1921, and he initially used the rhetoric of reconciliation, seeking to reach an agreement with nationalist leaders. By the 1930s, he had come to see the Stormont as a bastion to defend Protestant privilege in Northern Ireland. On his death in 1940, he was succeeded by J.M. Andrews, who was only in office until 1943, when he was replaced by Basil Brooke.